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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
uncommon, unusual, or out of the ordinary.
Snow is exceptional in this part of California.Such musical talent as she has is exceptional.
- synonyms:
- extraordinary, notable, rare, remarkable, singular, uncommon, unusual
- antonyms:
- average, everyday, general, natural, normal, typical, unexceptional, usual, workaday
- similar words:
- anomalous, atypical, especial, extreme, great, memorable, particular, phenomenal, scarce, special, unique
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| definition 2: |
superior or excellent.
The orchestra gave an exceptional performance last night.- synonyms:
- excellent, fine, outstanding, splendid, super, superior, tremendous, wonderful
- antonyms:
- average, mediocre, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional
- similar words:
- ace, fantastic, golden, great, memorable, out of this world, premium, quality, rare, select, star, superb, superlative, terrific, top-drawer, towering
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| related words: |
abnormal, better, choice, curious, deviate, extra, fancy, formidable, incomparable, individual, intense, irregular, nonpareil, prime, prodigious, sensational, signal, striking |
adverb + (adj.)exceptional
hardly, means, truly
(adj.)exceptional
+ adverb
historically
(adj.)exceptional
+ noun
ability,
accomplishment,
accuracy,
achievement,
athlete,
award,
beauty,
board,
bravery,
capability,
case,
child,
circumstance,
clarity,
comfort,
contribution,
council,
courage,
creativity,
crust,
dining,
exhibit,
exhibition,
experience,
eyesight,
feat,
fishing,
flavor,
functioning,
genius,
gift,
hunting,
individual,
insight,
instance,
intelligence,
leadership,
learner,
longevity,
merit,
musician,
occasion,
performance,
performer,
potential,
potter,
precision,
processing,
profile,
quality,
sensitivity,
skier,
skill,
speed,
stability,
stakeholder,
talent,
teaching,
wine
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| derivation: |
exceptionally (adv.) |
The word exceptional
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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